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and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us-
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what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
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These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.
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This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
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If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;